Breivik court verdict: security lessons?
Now that the legal question of Anders Breivik’s sanity has been resolved it should be possible to focus more closely on his political motivation and the security lessons that arise from this case....
View ArticleHarry's Romp
What the third in line to Britain's throne gets up to may reveal the culture of those even closer to it. After all, where did this behaviour come from, in a family which above all believes in...
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Strasbourg: Supreme Court of the North Caucasus
For the population of Russia’s North Caucausus, crippled by war, violence and lawlessness, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) enjoys an almost mythical reputation. But even those who are...
View ArticleSyria: the myth of partition
After being rather selective in its narratives of modern Syrian history, western coverage is now spreading plots about sectarian divisions in a future Syria that has freed itself from the grip of...
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My Own Personal Pussy Riot
After what should have been a trip to the vet turns into a trip to the doctor, Jim Gabour ponders a strange concatenation of human and feline ailments, and describes the succession of stray cats who...
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Traffic, trash and training: building Libya’s future
In Libya learning is by rote and independent thinking, problem solving and analytical approaches are nonexistent. Ramadan is over, Eid el-Fitr has been and gone, and the newly elected General National...
View ArticleThis week's window on the Middle East - August 27, 2012
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Traffic, trash and training: building Libya’s future Traffic, trash...
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Voter suppression: the "Schurick Doctrine" and the unravelling of American...
Republicans across the United States have passed a spate of voter suppression laws aimed at those most likely to vote for Obama. They are specifically targeting African American women who, in the...
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A rich man's toy: train toffs and the politics of the UK rail fare
As train fares across Britain look set to rise 6.2% by January, the government faces the growing wrath of the thousands of commuters increasingly being priced out of public transport. But what might...
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Syria, Lebanon and the roots of sectarianisation
The civil war in Syria and unrest in Lebanon may have deeper roots than meets the eye. In fact, they may very well be the tragic result of centuries of colonisation and secularisation, as recently...
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Life under the Soviets and after: a photographer’s story
London’s Pushkin House has been showing an exhibition of work by the renowned Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus. Masha Karp looks at why his work of the 1960s-70s is still relevant now. Those who...
View ArticleRecovering from terror
A year on from the Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks on Norway, Marte Christensen conducted a series of interviews in Oslo for openDemocracy. Shoaib Sultan is a Norwegian analyst and writer...
View ArticleAre conflict minerals making war less profitable?
What's up with conflict minerals? Is the global economy ready for regulation that targets the economies of warlords and insurgents? At the end of August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission...
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Cameron’s reshuffle will only feed the Tories' mini-dictators
The reorganising of the government ranks is underway in Westminster with Hunt and Lansley shifting into new positions and a mass shuffling of bureaucracy. Far from ‘productive’ the results will only...
View ArticleLackland Air Force sexual abuse: glimpse of the ‘real’ scandal of the US...
What can we learn about militarised ideas of gender from the Lackland Air Force scandal? Military inquiries focus on the individual perpetrators but fail to address deep-rooted gendered practices in...
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A child's transnational journey “to be someone”
The number of child migrants to the USA continues to rise despite border militarization. Liz Kennedy teaches at shelters along the Mexico-US border where those caught are detained. She reveals why...
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Britain is considering mass censorship of the net: all to tackle porn
The UK is considering default censorship of legal, adult material. Sensible, you might think. But who says what qualifies? We may wake up in a world where BT decides what is 'adult content' and Aids...
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Escaping the environmental pigeonhole: Natalie Bennett and long term vision...
As Natalie Bennett replaces Caroline Lucas as the leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, the party find themselves in a strong position to translate the widespread public respect for their...
View ArticleIran, women in the frame
Iranian women have played an active role in social and educational life since the revolution of 1979. There are now signs of a conservative backlash against their presence, says Sanam Vakil. The...
View ArticleDR Congo: the politics of suffering
A rise in violent tension in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, across the border from Rwanda, is the latest phase of a conflict unresolved since the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The wider...
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